Failure to Inform the Massachusetts Historical Commission

Should a state body or a private project proponent fail to notify the MHC about a project, to provide the MHC with the information necessary to determine whether the project will adversely affect a State Register property, to identify and assess alternatives to the project, to meet with the MHC to discuss alternatives, or to respond in detail to the MHC's Statement of Prudent or Feasible Alternatives, or proposed Joint Memorandum of Prudent and Feasible Alternatives, then the state body shall not proceed with the project or in the case of a private project, shall not fund or license such project, until the MHC states that such failure has not frustrated the purpose of M.G.L. c. 9, §§ 26 through 27C.